Siding or weather-boarding gage



(No Model.)

. J. H. & W. B. HUBBARD. SIDING OR WEATHER BOARDING GAGE.

No. 372,221. Patented Oct. 25, 1887..

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

JOHN HENRY HUBBARD AND WILLIAM BRANSON HUBBARD, OF GREEN- VILLE,ILLINOIS.

SIDING OR WEATHER-BOARDING GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,221, dated October25, 1887.

Application filed April 29, 1887. Serial No. 236,575. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J onn HENRY HUB- BARD and WILLIAM BRANSON HUBBARD,citizens of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county ofBond and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improve mentsin Siding or Weather-Boarding Gages, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to improvements in siding or weather-boardinggages; andit consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement ofparts for service, fully set forth hereinafter, and specifically pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is aview showing the mannerofusing the device. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the same.Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectionon the line 00 0c of Fig. 3.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the body of the gage,having a longitudinal slot, B, therein, and a ring or finger-hold, C, atthelower end to facilitate the handling of the tool.

D represents a slide, having a-groove, d, therein to receive and slideon the rear side of the body, and E is the support or block on the rearside of the said slide, and having a bolt, F, formed integrallytherewith, extending through an opening,f, in the said sl.ide, and alsothrough the slot B. The outer end of the bolt F is threaded to receivethe thumb-nut G, to bind the said bolt, and consequently the slide andsupport carried thereby, at any desired point in the length of the slotB.

H represents a rearwardly-projecting plate or bracket secured on thelower end of the body of the gage, having an upturned end, I, to bepassed up in rear of the last-nailed board, and K represents a leafpressure-spring secured to the rear side of the body, and adapted tobind'the lower edge of the said lastnailed board against the saidupturned end or vertical arm of the bracket H.

To place the device in position for use, pass the vertical arm I in rearof the last-nailed board, depressing thereby the lower end of the springK, and the gage will be held rigidly in position, with the rear edge ofthe support E pressed against the surface of the said lastnailed board.tance between the upper side of the bracket and the upper side of thesupport E, on which the lower edge of the next board is rested, willconstitute the weather of the sidingboard, and in order to enable thegage to be readily set to the desired weather or showing, we provide ascale of inches on the side of the body and place an index on the edgeof the slidebar D corresponding in position to the upper edge or side ofthe block or support.

It will be seen that when the gage is properly set in position, (onebeing placed at each end of the board,) and the board to be nailed isplaced in rear of the upper end of the slidebar D, and resting at thelower edge on the upper side of the block E, the said board will be heldsecurely in position, and. may be nailed easily and accurately in place.

The device is strong, durable, neat, simple, and may be cheaplymanufactured, and will be found very effective in use and a great saverof time, in addition to the fact that no It will be seen that thedisnails or pins need be driven into the face of the boards to supportthe next one above, the perforations made by the said nails marring theappearance of the completed work.

Having now described the construction, operation, and advantages of ourimproved siding-gage, what we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States, is l 1. A siding-gage comprisingthe body A, having the slot B therein, the slide-bar D, having thegroove d, to receive the rear side of the body, and the aperture f, toalign with the groove B, the support E, having an integral bolt, F, topass through the aperturef and the slot B, and the thumb-nut G, to screwon the threaded end of the said bolt, substantially as specified.

2. Theimproved gage herein described and shown, comprising the body A,having the ring 0 at its lower end and the slot B in its upper end, thebracket H, having the upturned arm I secured to the lower end of the ourown-we have hereto affixed our signatures body, the spring K, secured tothe rear of the in presence of two witnesses. ifi lfifiii $31 2? 318 1351;Jihiiifii ifiif: HENRY WILLIAM BRANSON HUBBARD. 5 ried by said sudeand PX'OJGCtlDg through the slot B, and means for securing the slide atany Witnesses: desired point], substantially as specified. J. G. VRIGHT,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as JOHN B. IIARLAN.

